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From: "Jean R." <>
Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Irish Diaspora - Patrick McGOVERN, Entrepreneur,Roots in Co. Cavan (O'MALLEY)
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:38:41 -0800

SNIPPET: Per Summer 1998 issue of "The World of Hibernia" magazine, Patrick
McGOVERN, (then 60) was founder and chairman of International Data Group.
His
publishing, exposition, and market research empire consists of 185
technology-oriented magazines in 75 countries. He has a second-generation
connection to Ireland, his family having emigrated in 1890, their county of
origin Cavan, his family names McGOVERN and O'MALLEY. From computer whiz
kid to corporate genius, Patrick is a self-made man who jumped on the
computer services bandwagon when the market was still "ripe for picking."
His ".... For Dummies" series of books take complex subjects and explain
them in simple language. Building a business from the ground up is a
McGOVERN family tradition. Both his County Cavan-born grandfather and his
namesake uncle were contractors. A selfless, self-made man, Pat McGOVERN
combines his Boston business savvy with a spirit for adventure which he
attributes to rumored ancestor Gracie O'MALLEY, the pirate queen of Ireland.

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